Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs Intel HD Graphics 4000
Intel HD Graphics 5500
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The Intel HD Graphics 5500 (GT2) is an integrated Broadwell graphics card revealed in Q1 2015. It can be found in several ULV SoCs (15 W TDP) such as the Core i5-5200U or i7-5600U. While Core i5 and Core i7 chips feature 24 EUs, the Core i3 version offers just 23 EUs. Depending on the specific CPU, the maximum GPU frequency varies between 850 and 950 MHz.
Architecture and Features
Broadwell features a GPU based on the Intel Gen8 architecture, which has been optimized in various aspects compared to the previous Gen7.5 (Haswell). Inter alia, the shader arrays called "subslice" have been reorganized and now offer 8 Execution Units (EUs) each. Three subslices form a "slice" for a total of 24 EUs. Combined with other improvements such as larger L1 caches and an optimized frontend, the integrated GPU has become faster and more efficient than its predecessor.
The HD Graphics 5500 represents the mid-range version of the Broadwell GPU family and consists of one slice with 24 EUs. Beyond that, there is also a low-end variant (GT1, 12 EUs) as well as higher-end models (GT3/GT3e + eDRAM, 48 EUs).
All Broadwell GPUs support OpenCL 2.0 and DirectX 12 (FL 11_1). The video engine can now decode H.265 using both fixed function hardware as well as available GPU shaders. Up to three displays can be connected via DP 1.2/eDP 1.3 (max. 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz) or HDMI 1.4a (max. 3840 x 2160 @ 24 Hz). HDMI 2.0, however, is not supported.
Performance
Depending on the specific CPU, the maximum GPU frequency varies between 850 and 950 MHz. Due to the low TDP, however, the average clock in 3D applications will be somewhat lower.
Equipped with fast dual-channel memory, the HD Graphics 5500 outperforms the HD Graphics 4400 (Haswell, 20 EUs) by 20 - 25 percent and also beats the HD Graphics 5000 (Haswell, 40 EUs). However, even a low-end dedicated GeForce 820M ist about 10 - 30 percent faster than the HD 5500. Games as of 2014/2015 will usually run fluently only at (very) low settings.
Power Consumption
Utilizing a new 14 nm process, the Broadwell ULV chips are specified at just 15 W TDP and therefore suited for thin ultrabooks. The TDP is flexible and can be further reduced (7.5 or 10 W), which has a significant impact on performance.
Intel HD Graphics 4000
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The Intel HD Graphics 4000 (GT2) is a processor graphics card that is included in the Ivy Bridge processors of 2012 (3rd generation of core, e.g. Core i7-3770). The base clock can be automatically overclocked using Turbo Boost technology. Depending on the processor model, the base and turbo clock rate may differ greatly resulting in different graphics performance of ULV parts compared to high-end desktop and laptop quad-core parts.
Compared to the Intel HD Graphics 3000 in Sandy Bridge CPUs, the HD 4000 card was completely redesigned and offers improved DirectX 11 capable shaders, Hardware Tessellation, a dedicated level 3 cache (before the Last Level Cache LLC of the CPU) and DirectCompute support. The IPC (instructions per clock) can therefore be even 2x as fast as with Sandy Bridge and overall up to 60% more performance (3DMark Vantage) should be possible.
First benchmarks position the HD Graphics 4000 (in a fast quad core desktop CPU) on a level with a dedicated Nvidia GeForce GT 330M and therefore above the AMD processor graphics Radeon HD 6620G. In our extensive tests with games the HD Graphics 4000 was able to beat the HD 6620G in a fast Core i7-3820QM by about 15%. In the slower i7-3610QM and a dual core i5 it was on a similar level as the 6620G. Therefore, casual gamers that wont mind reducing the quality settings in high end games, may be happy with the performance of the HD Graphics 4000. Beware, that the HD Graphics 4000 is used with different clock speeds depending on the CPU model. The ULV CPUs (Core ix-3xx7U) for example feature lower clock speeds and cant maintain the Turbo frequency as good as the 35 - 55 Watt models. Therefore, the ULV version is about 30% slower on average.
A speciality of the Ivy Bridge GPUs is that 4x MSAA is supported in hardware now. However, 2x is only supported through software. The algorithm to support 2x is going through the 4x pipeline with a software algorithm, so performance is similar to 4x MSAA.
The integrated video decoder called Multi Format Codec Engine (MFX) was also improved and should allow even simultaneus 4K video decoding. DXVAChecker lists MPEG2, VC1, WMV9, and H264 as supported codecs. QuickSync for fast transcoding of videos was also optimized for higher performance and better image quality.
Another new feature is the support for up to 3 independent displays (depends on how the HD 4000 is used in the laptop - maybe only with a DisplayPort / eDP) as AMD offers with theirs Eyefinity support (up to 6 displays). DisplayPort 1.1 (max 2560x1600) and HDMI 1.4 (max 1920x1080 without hacks) are supported by the chip according to Intel.
Due to the 22nm 3D Tri-Gate production process, the power consumption should be relatively low (the development was focused on performance per Watt). The TDP of the whole package (including processor and memory controller) varies between 18 Watt (ULV) up to 45 Watt (mobile quad core) for the consumer laptop CPUs.
| Intel HD Graphics 5500 | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
HD Graphics Series | | |
Codename | Broadwell GT2 | Ivy Bridge |
Architecture | Gen. 8 Broadwell | Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge |
Pipelines | 24 - unified | 16 - unified |
Core Speed | 300 - 950 (Boost) MHz | 350 - 1350 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 64/128 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
Shared Memory | yes | yes |
DirectX | DirectX 12 (FL 11_1) | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 |
Transistors | 1300 Million | |
technology | 14 nm | 22 nm |
Features | Quick Sync | QuickSync |
Date of Announcement | 05.01.2015 | 23.03.2011 |
| CPU in HD Graphics 4000 | GPU Base Speed | GPU Boost / Turbo |
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Intel Core i7-3770K | 4 x 3500 MHz, 77 W | 650 MHz | 1150 MHz | Intel Core i7-3940XM | 4 x 3000 MHz, 55 W | 650 MHz | 1350 MHz | Intel Core i7-3920XM | 4 x 2900 MHz, 55 W | 650 MHz | 1300 MHz | » show 36 more | Intel Core i7-3840QM | 4 x 2800 MHz, 45 W | 650 MHz | 1300 MHz | Intel Core i7-3820QM | 4 x 2700 MHz, 45 W | 650 MHz | 1250 MHz | Intel Core i7-3740QM | 4 x 2700 MHz, 45 W | 650 MHz | 1300 MHz | Intel Core i7-3720QM | 4 x 2600 MHz, 45 W | 650 MHz | 1250 MHz | Intel Core i5-3570K | 4 x 3400 MHz, 77 W | 650 MHz | 1150 MHz | Intel Core i7-3635QM | 4 x 2400 MHz, 45 W | 650 MHz | 1200 MHz | Intel Core i7-3630QM | 4 x 2400 MHz, 45 W | 650 MHz | 1150 MHz | Intel Core i7-3615QM | 4 x 2300 MHz, 45 W | 650 MHz | 1200 MHz | Intel Core i7-3610QM | 4 x 2300 MHz, 45 W | 650 MHz | 1100 MHz | Intel Core i7-3632QM | 4 x 2200 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1150 MHz | Intel Core i7-3612QM | 4 x 2100 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1100 MHz | Intel Core i7-3540M | 2 x 3000 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1300 MHz | Intel Core i7-3520M | 2 x 2900 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1250 MHz | Intel Core i5-3380M | 2 x 2900 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1250 MHz | Intel Core i5-3360M | 2 x 2800 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1200 MHz | Intel Core i5-3340M | 2 x 2700 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1250 MHz | Intel Core i5-3320M | 2 x 2600 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1200 MHz | Intel Core i5-3230M | 2 x 2600 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1100 MHz | Intel Core i7-3687U | 2 x 2100 MHz, 17 W | 350 MHz | 1200 MHz | Intel Core i5-3210M | 2 x 2500 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1100 MHz | Intel Core i7-3667U | 2 x 2000 MHz, 17 W | 350 MHz | 1150 MHz | Intel Core i7-3537U | 2 x 2000 MHz, 17 W | 350 MHz | 1200 MHz | Intel Core i7-3517U | 2 x 1900 MHz, 17 W | 350 MHz | 1150 MHz | Intel Core i3-3130M | 2 x 2600 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1100 MHz | Intel Core i5-3437U | 2 x 1900 MHz, 17 W | 650 MHz | 1200 MHz | Intel Core i3-3120M | 2 x 2500 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1100 MHz | Intel Core i5-3427U | 2 x 1800 MHz, 17 W | 350 MHz | 1150 MHz | Intel Core i3-3110M | 2 x 2400 MHz, 35 W | 650 MHz | 1000 MHz | Intel Core i5-3337U | 2 x 1800 MHz, 17 W | 350 MHz | 1100 MHz | Intel Core i5-3317U | 2 x 1700 MHz, 17 W | 350 MHz | 1050 MHz | Intel Core i7-3689Y | 2 x 1500 MHz, 13 W | 350 MHz | 850 MHz | Intel Core i5-3439Y | 2 x 1500 MHz, 13 W | 350 MHz | 850 MHz | Intel Core i3-3227U | 2 x 1900 MHz, 17 W | 350 MHz | 1100 MHz | Intel Core i5-3339Y | 2 x 1500 MHz, 13 W | 350 MHz | 850 MHz | Intel Core i3-3217U | 2 x 1800 MHz, 17 W | 350 MHz | 1050 MHz | Intel Core i3-3229Y | 2 x 1400 MHz, 13 W | 350 MHz | 850 MHz | min. - max. | | 300 - 650 MHz | 850 - 1350 MHz |
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Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - HD Graphics 5500
4.6 pt (5%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 2011%
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - HD Graphics 4000
3 pt (3%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 3178%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
289 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
255 Points (1%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 43391 avg: 58343 median: 58776 (9%) max: 68877 Points
min: 43759 avg: 44324 median: 44323.5 (7%) max: 44888 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 27084 avg: 33172 median: 31022.5 (4%) max: 40670 Points
min: 20514 avg: 24179 median: 24426 (3%) max: 28772 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 3351 avg: 4777 median: 4790.5 (6%) max: 6106 Points
min: 1469 avg: 3380 median: 3282.5 (4%) max: 5946 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 4571 avg: 5864 median: 5544 (3%) max: 7789 Points
min: 1619 avg: 3850 median: 3768.5 (2%) max: 5761 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 500 avg: 648 median: 634.5 (2%) max: 868 Points
min: 168 avg: 447 median: 444 (1%) max: 647 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 535 avg: 694 median: 663 (1%) max: 927 Points
min: 191 avg: 486 median: 480 (1%) max: 705 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 33288 avg: 50089 median: 48637 (6%) max: 70409 Points
min: 11232 avg: 31858 median: 31598 (4%) max: 48923 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 758 avg: 1088 median: 1079.5 (3%) max: 1434 Points
min: 248 avg: 603 median: 603 (2%) max: 802 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 667 avg: 979 median: 979 (2%) max: 1265 Points
min: 216 avg: 522 median: 523 (1%) max: 684 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel HD Graphics 5500 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 3574 avg: 4501 median: 4798 (5%) max: 5124 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 830 avg: 2985 median: 2959 (3%) max: 4433 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + Intel HD Graphics 5500 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 3057 avg: 3804 median: 3987 (4%) max: 4351 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 659 avg: 2441 median: 2415 (2%) max: 3488 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 8967 avg: 14343 median: 15220 (16%) max: 16933 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 7402 avg: 11805 median: 12768 (7%) max: 19294 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 5239 avg: 8296 median: 8393 (12%) max: 11948 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 min: 5458 avg: 6875 median: 6998 (13%) max: 7950 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 1605 avg: 4588 median: 4412.5 (8%) max: 7159 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 7725 Points (14%)
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + Intel HD Graphics 4000 4276 (8%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
9.3 fps (3%)
min: 6.9 avg: 7.6 median: 7.4 (2%) max: 8.9 fps
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
9.8 fps (4%)
min: 7.7 avg: 8.1 median: 8.1 (4%) max: 8.4 fps
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
min: 12.4 avg: 15.5 median: 15.7 (3%) max: 17.9 fps
min: 6 avg: 9.6 median: 9.4 (2%) max: 13 fps
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
min: 1.89 avg: 2.1 median: 2 (1%) max: 2.29 fps
HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 H7W22EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 1.89 |
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12 20DK002EPB | 5600U | 8192 | | | 1.95 |
Fujitsu LifeBook S935 0M0008PL | 5300U | 4096 | 300 / MHz | | 2.04 |
Lenovo ThinkPad T450 20BVG733PB | 5600U | 16384 | 300 / MHz | | 2.24 |
HP EliteBook 850 G2 J7B56EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 2.29 |
specvp11 snx-01 + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 0.69 avg: 1.1 median: 1.2 (1%) max: 1.47 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 2.42 avg: 2.6 median: 2.6 (4%) max: 2.9 fps
Fujitsu LifeBook S935 0M0008PL | 5300U | 4096 | 300 / MHz | | 2.42 |
HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 H7W22EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 2.5 |
HP EliteBook 850 G2 J7B56EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 2.61 |
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12 20DK002EPB | 5600U | 8192 | | | 2.63 |
Lenovo ThinkPad T450 20BVG733PB | 5600U | 16384 | 300 / MHz | | 2.9 |
specvp11 tcvis-02 + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 1.43 avg: 1.9 median: 2.1 (3%) max: 2.27 fps
specvp11 sw-02 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 11.6 avg: 13 median: 12.5 (15%) max: 14.7 fps
HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 H7W22EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 11.6 |
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12 20DK002EPB | 5600U | 8192 | | | 12.3 |
Fujitsu LifeBook S935 0M0008PL | 5300U | 4096 | 300 / MHz | | 12.47 |
HP EliteBook 850 G2 J7B56EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 13.73 |
Lenovo ThinkPad T450 20BVG733PB | 5600U | 16384 | 300 / MHz | | 14.7 |
specvp11 sw-02 + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 3.98 avg: 6.9 median: 7.5 (9%) max: 8.45 fps
specvp11 proe-05 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 2.14 avg: 2.3 median: 2.3 (10%) max: 2.53 fps
Fujitsu LifeBook S935 0M0008PL | 5300U | 4096 | 300 / MHz | | 2.14 |
HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 H7W22EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 2.27 |
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12 20DK002EPB | 5600U | 8192 | | | 2.29 |
HP EliteBook 850 G2 J7B56EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 2.34 |
Lenovo ThinkPad T450 20BVG733PB | 5600U | 16384 | 300 / MHz | | 2.53 |
specvp11 proe-05 + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 0.62 avg: 1.1 median: 1.2 (5%) max: 1.47 fps
specvp11 maya-03 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 8.07 avg: 13.6 median: 14.7 (11%) max: 18.15 fps
HP EliteBook 850 G2 J7B56EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 8.07 |
Fujitsu LifeBook S935 0M0008PL | 5300U | 4096 | 300 / MHz | | 10.96 |
HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 H7W22EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 14.67 |
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12 20DK002EPB | 5600U | 8192 | | | 16.29 |
Lenovo ThinkPad T450 20BVG733PB | 5600U | 16384 | 300 / MHz | | 18.15 |
specvp11 maya-03 + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 7.12 avg: 10.2 median: 9.7 (7%) max: 13.09 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 14.7 avg: 18.4 median: 18.6 (20%) max: 21.44 fps
HP EliteBook 850 G2 J7B56EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 14.7 |
Fujitsu LifeBook S935 0M0008PL | 5300U | 4096 | 300 / MHz | | 16.36 |
HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 H7W22EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 18.56 |
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12 20DK002EPB | 5600U | 8192 | | | 20.92 |
Lenovo ThinkPad T450 20BVG733PB | 5600U | 16384 | 300 / MHz | | 21.44 |
specvp11 lightwave-01 + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 5.67 avg: 10.2 median: 11.1 (12%) max: 12.55 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 1.67 avg: 2.5 median: 2.6 (1%) max: 2.88 fps
HP EliteBook 850 G2 J7B56EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 1.67 |
Fujitsu LifeBook S935 0M0008PL | 5300U | 4096 | 300 / MHz | | 2.42 |
HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 H7W22EA | 5300U | 8192 | 300 / MHz | | 2.56 |
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12 20DK002EPB | 5600U | 8192 | | | 2.79 |
Lenovo ThinkPad T450 20BVG733PB | 5600U | 16384 | 300 / MHz | | 2.88 |
specvp11 ensight-04 + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 1.06 avg: 1.6 median: 1.7 (1%) max: 2.24 fps
specvp11 catia-03 + Intel HD Graphics 4000 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
0 fps (0%)
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 2.12 avg: 9.9 median: 12.3 (5%) max: 15.6 fps
specvp12 snx-02 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 1.37 avg: 2.3 median: 2.4 (1%) max: 2.7 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 2.63 avg: 7 median: 4.2 (2%) max: 14.14 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 0.95 avg: 1.4 median: 1 (1%) max: 2.36 fps
specvp12 maya-04 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 2.49 avg: 6.3 median: 2.6 (1%) max: 12.31 fps
specvp12 energy-01 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 0.06 avg: 6.9 median: 0.1 (0%) max: 17.35 fps
specvp12 creo-01 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 2.49 avg: 5.7 median: 6.5 (4%) max: 8.99 fps
specvp12 catia-04 + Intel HD Graphics 5500 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 6.86 avg: 7.7 median: 7.1 (3%) max: 9.69 fps
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 5.9 avg: 6.4 median: 6.4 (81%) max: 6.6 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 4.7 avg: 5.6 median: 5.1 (65%) max: 6.6 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel HD Graphics 5500 Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 3045 avg: 5408 median: 5270.5 (25%) max: 8571
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 2447 avg: 5020 median: 5157 (24%) max: 8562
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel HD Graphics 5500 Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 13.54 avg: 21.2 median: 20.3 (9%) max: 35.03 fps
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel HD Graphics 4000 min: 5.58 avg: 14.4 median: 13.6 (6%) max: 22.54 fps